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Stephanie was diagnosed with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) in her liver, lungs, spine, ribs, and femur. It's not uncommon for EHE patients to present with metastatic disease. Unlike other cancers, metastatic EHE is not always correlated with a poor prognosis.
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The EHE Foundation Announces Grant Funding of $307,400 to Advance Research and Find Treatments for EHE
We are pleased to announce The EHE Foundation’s 2024 Research Grants Program awards, totaling $307,400, as part of our ongoing commitment to advance our mission to find effective treatments and a cure for EHE. Made possible by 2023 Giving Tuesday gifts, these grants support novel translational research projects that aim to identify and accelerate the […]
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Making a Donation vs. Fundraising for The EHE Foundation: What’s the Difference?
At The EHE Foundation, we are committed to finding a cure for epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE), an ultra-rare and potentially aggressive cancer that affects one in a million people. Every contribution helps us advance groundbreaking research, support patients, and foster collaboration among clinicians and researchers worldwide. There are two impactful ways you can support our mission: […]
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Scientific & Medical Advisory Board Collaborates to Improve Outcomes for People Living with EHE
On September 10, 2024, The EHE Foundation held a virtual meeting of our Scientific & Medical Advisory Board (SMAB). The meeting aimed to welcome new members, review current research projects, and discuss future needs and goals to advance EHE research. The meeting began with a warm welcome to new members of the SMAB: Tom Chen, […]
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GDF-15 Predicts Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Aggressiveness and is Down-regulated by Sirolimus Through ATF4/ATF5 Suppression
Drs. Silvia Stacchiotti, Sandro Pasquali, and Nadia Zaffaroni (IRCCS – INT, Milan, Italy) and colleagues published their promising findings in Clinical Cancer Research, September 16, 2024. This study, funded in part by The EHE Foundation in partnership with EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), aimed to assess the efficacy of sirolimus for the treatment of EHE […]
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Harnessing Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitors to Gain Mechanistic Insight Into the Regulation of the TAZ-CAMTA1 Fusion Protein
Ajay Pobbati, PhD, Brian Rubin, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic published their findings from the study “CDK9 inhibition by dinaciclib is a therapeutic vulnerability in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma” in Clinical Cancer Research, September 13, 2024. This study, funded in part by a grant from The EHE Foundation, provides a strong rationale for investigating […]
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EHE Community Connections for Caregivers: Anticipatory Grief
As a caregiver, it can be hard to not think about the future and what it may or may not hold. In doing so, it is common for caregivers to experience anticipatory grief, in which we mourn the loss of our loved one while they are still here as well as grieve the future that […]
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The Importance of Biobanking
Biobanking is a brand-new endeavor for us at The EHE Foundation. Researchers retain frozen and stored tissue and biological samples from surgeries, which usually remains within the institution where the procedure takes place. Today, biobanking is a game-changer for rare disease and patient-led organizations like ours. Biobanks accelerate research by safe-guarding high-quality, donated tissue samples […]
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Researchers Engineer Much-Needed Mouse Model of a Rare Vascular Sarcoma
Dr. Rubin used a novel approach to target the gene fusion that causes epithelioid hemgioendothelioma, engineering a novel, first-of-its-kind mouse model of the disease, which will help advance studies to identify new treatments. Click here to read the full article. Sharing exciting news highlighting Dr. Brian Rubin’s research at the Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland […]
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Leah Heinrich Participates on Scientific Peer Review Panel
For Immediate Press Release: SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS’ RARE CANCERS RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ (CDMRP), Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) consumer advocate Leah Heinrich recently participated in the evaluation of research applications submitted to the RCRP. Leahwas nominated for participation in […]
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